The Nexus 6 and Galaxy Note 4 are both powered by a quad-core 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor.
However, the Nexus 6 scored higher than the Note 4 when benchmarked on Antutu - 48,198 compared with 44,825 - probably owing to the Nexus 6's vanilla Android 5.0 Lollipop software. These numbers don't often mean much, but we did find the Nexus 6 slightly smoother and nippier to use, again thanks to Lollipop.
This could also be credited to the software's switch to the Dalvik virtual machine, and the sheer amount of bloatware loaded onto the Galaxy Note 4.
Winner: Nexus 6
SoftwareAs previously mentioned, the Nexus 6 runs a stock version of Lollipop, while the Galaxy Note 4 runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat overlaid with Samsung's TouchWiz skin.
Samsung has hinted that the Galaxy Note 4 will be updated to Lollipop, but has yet to say when.
This means that the Nexus 6 comes with all the latest features Google has to offer, including the new Material design which has a cleaner look and smoother animations and is a huge improvement on KitKat.
There are also other features such as improved multitasking, enhanced security and a battery saving mode.
The Galaxy Note 4, on the other hand, comes with the TouchWiz interface, which has a reputation for being one of the heaviest Android skins.
This rings true on the Note 4, which is stuffed full of custom features, such as a Flipboard homescreen overlay, a bunch of Samsung's own apps and a handful of apps that you're not likely to look at, including Pizza.de and HRS Hotels.
Not all the added features are unwanted, however. Samsung's Multi Window lets you easily use two apps at once, for example, while Smart Select lets you choose several pieces of content in a row and simultaneously share them as attachments in messages.
However, given its clean interface, design overhaul and all-round smoothness, the Nexus 6 comes out on top when it comes to software.
However, the Nexus 6 scored higher than the Note 4 when benchmarked on Antutu - 48,198 compared with 44,825 - probably owing to the Nexus 6's vanilla Android 5.0 Lollipop software. These numbers don't often mean much, but we did find the Nexus 6 slightly smoother and nippier to use, again thanks to Lollipop.
This could also be credited to the software's switch to the Dalvik virtual machine, and the sheer amount of bloatware loaded onto the Galaxy Note 4.
Winner: Nexus 6
SoftwareAs previously mentioned, the Nexus 6 runs a stock version of Lollipop, while the Galaxy Note 4 runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat overlaid with Samsung's TouchWiz skin.
Samsung has hinted that the Galaxy Note 4 will be updated to Lollipop, but has yet to say when.
This means that the Nexus 6 comes with all the latest features Google has to offer, including the new Material design which has a cleaner look and smoother animations and is a huge improvement on KitKat.
There are also other features such as improved multitasking, enhanced security and a battery saving mode.
The Galaxy Note 4, on the other hand, comes with the TouchWiz interface, which has a reputation for being one of the heaviest Android skins.
This rings true on the Note 4, which is stuffed full of custom features, such as a Flipboard homescreen overlay, a bunch of Samsung's own apps and a handful of apps that you're not likely to look at, including Pizza.de and HRS Hotels.
Not all the added features are unwanted, however. Samsung's Multi Window lets you easily use two apps at once, for example, while Smart Select lets you choose several pieces of content in a row and simultaneously share them as attachments in messages.
However, given its clean interface, design overhaul and all-round smoothness, the Nexus 6 comes out on top when it comes to software.
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